rambling
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This first half is plotless and rambling, with a crime mystery yielding digressions within digressions within digressions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In 1962, the Saar family moved to a rambling hillside home in Laurel Canyon, then a very rustic part of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Herb Alpert walks up a long driveway at his rambling Malibu estate, wincing slightly after having woken up around 3 a.m. with a cramp in his left calf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The book also compared the UK to a "rambling stately home" in which the power was only on in some rooms.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Bags of sassafras and licorice root and birdeye vine sat open for bargaining, and by the time we poked around those a minute, Constantine’s whole body’d be rambling and loose in the joints.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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